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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Leif" data-source="post: 6314534" data-attributes="member: 48762">That is an awesome rig, Herschel!  I've not been fortunate enough to play in bands with a drummer who could field a set-up like that.  In fact, there's only been one drummer that I've played with, in high school band and two bands of our own creation.  There was a third collection of guys that jammed together some, but we were never really a band per se.  I resisted because the drummer's older brother was hanging around a lot.  He's a pretty fair guitarist, but he has a mild "God-complex" and has to run the show, no matter what.  That got old for me really fast.Danny, I haven't found an online community of guitarists.  Heck, I didn't even know there were such things!  I'd ask about gear, but I'm afraid my tastes run to the low end of things.  I have an Electra Phoenix, circa 1983-4 that I bought new.  It's got a three pick-ups, s-h-s, and a strat-style body.  It has a tremolo bridge, but just a very basic one.  That was my first electric guitar.  More recently, I've been buying a few online, some through ebay and two (an acoustic and an electric) from Sweetwater.  ALL four of the recent purchases have been Epiphones -- I have an SG Special and a Les Paul Special both that I got for about $100 apiece on ebay.  (They're worth what I paid, or the SG may be worth a little more -- its not got that many features, but its got a great sound and it feels excellent when I play it.  It looks great, too!  Candy-apple red, and not a blemish on it.  The two I bought new are an Epi DR-100 acoustic -- kinda sorry, but good enough to plunk around on, and an ebony Epi Les Paul 100 that looks, feels, and sounds like ten times what I paid for it.  [See my avatar!]  Since I got the LP100, I haven't touched my Phoenix/strat.  And I picked up a Peavey Vypyr VIP2 40W amp to go with the LP.  What I'm looking at now is an Epiphone G-400 Pro SG.  Seems like I couldn't go wrong for $349.00!The acoustics I'm looking at are Epis, too, an AJ-220S and an EJ-200CE acoustic/electric.Also, from what I've seen, used Epiphones go for just about the same price you can get a brand new one from Sweetwater.  The new ones come with a guarantee from Sweetwater, too, so that's my option of choice.  I can't see me buying anything but an Epi until I get much, much better at playing one.  By then, maybe I'll have a record deal and can afford to buy some of Rick Neilsen's used Gibsons, Gretsches, and Hamers.</blockquote>

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